One of the first things I normally do when I set up a computer with Windows XP, right after I install anti-virus and anti-spyware programs, is to configure Internet Explorer (IE) and System Restore ...

Microsoft is warning against a simple hack that enables those still using Windows XP to receive security updates through 2019. The trick involves modifying the system registry, a process that is ...

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Remember several years ago when Microsoft Corp. released Windows NT and announced that it was the "future" of Windows? Well, it took longer than anyone thought, but the future is finally here. The new ...

Stop AI bloat, fix the operating system, implores veteran software developer Dave Plummer The Windows operating system is ...

At the Redmond, Wash., software giant's system builder summit last week in Phoenix, several channel executives criticized Microsoft's activation requirements, which force partners and customers to ...

Use of Windows XP is still widespread across NHS hospital trusts, with the operating system in use in 90 percent of trusts questioned. Virtualisation software company Citrix made Freedom of ...

I have Windows XP Pro installed on a single NTFS partition taking up the entire boot drive. Windows XP Pro works fine. I am trying to install System Commander 7 so that I can install other OS's ...

The madness began as much insanity does, with a nominally simple idea: Upgrade a Windows XP system to Windows 8 and write about the experience. Then my mouth started moving, even before my imprudent ...

Microsoft executive Jim Allchin eyes the finish line for his massive OS project. But will the market response justify the effort? Charles Cooper was an executive editor at CNET News. He has covered ...

Dave Plummer, who developed several crucial Windows components while working at Microsoft, recently suggested that the ...

The Inquirer runs a story with the provocative title HP screws Presario buyers. The story, by Charlie Demerjian, charts his attempts to get HP to supply drivers for a Windows Vista-based HP/Compaq ...